I recently encountered a vague question on Stack Overflow which asked for instructions on a very basic operation in C++. I added an answer linking to a Google results page, which contained very easy tutorials as top hits, as well as linking a few of these hits directly.

The asker commented that he "tried these links but not of much help..!!" and I answered that "we can't really help you if you don't tell us what you tried and what went wrong".

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If it's a total newbie, I'd recommend either taking the time to point out (briefly but not rudely) what info is missing, or quietly leave the question alone.

The blog links may contain valuable info on how to ask better questions, but I doubt they will be of real help in most situations. I'd reserve those for people who chronically ask bad questions and show no improvement.